Home State: New York
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 63rd New York Infantry
Before Antietam
Age 40 at enlistment. Mustered in as private, Company I, on October 24, 1861. Transferred to Company E on November 1, 1861.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
Discharged for wounds on February 13, 1863, from hospital.
References & notes
Basic information from McLernon1. His name is also borne as Whalen.
1 McLernon, Robert, Casualty List, 63rd New York Volunteer Infantry, Meagher's Irish Brigade, Antietam, Maryland; September 17, 1862, Springfield (Va): R. McLernon, 2001 [AotW citation 2358]